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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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