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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
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
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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