MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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