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.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
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 numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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