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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
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 variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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