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.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
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 several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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