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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
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 quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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