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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online 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 quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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