MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
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
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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