MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
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 struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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