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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
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 variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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