MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
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.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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