MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students 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 technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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