MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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