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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students 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
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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