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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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