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.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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