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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Benin to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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