MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners 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 a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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