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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
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 many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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