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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly 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 numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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