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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
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
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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