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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online 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 several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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