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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
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 several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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