MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
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
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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