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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students 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 a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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