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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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