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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
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 several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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