MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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