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 Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
People want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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