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.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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