MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
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 numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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