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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
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
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Chile to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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