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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online learning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
typically 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 variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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