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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
generally 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 quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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