MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
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 quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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