MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically 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 a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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