MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
usually 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 a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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