MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally 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 several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Finland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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