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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily 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
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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