MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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