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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
generally 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 several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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