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.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
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
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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