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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
online education have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally 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 many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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