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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
customarily 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 many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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