MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students 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.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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