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.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
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
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
key 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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