MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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