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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
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
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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