MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
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 quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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