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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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