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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily 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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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