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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
free
for students 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
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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