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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
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 a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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