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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
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 variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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