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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
typically 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
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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