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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students 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
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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