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.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses 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 several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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