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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students 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 a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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