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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
mostly 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 many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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