MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
e-learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners 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
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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