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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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