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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
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 lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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