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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
commonly 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
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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