MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
distance learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOCs are
mostly 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 many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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