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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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