MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
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 a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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