MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners 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 many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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