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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
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 several
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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