MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
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 many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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