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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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