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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily 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
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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