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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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