MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily 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 a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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