MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
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 lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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