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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners 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
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Finland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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