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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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 several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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