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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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