MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates 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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