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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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