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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
elearning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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