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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
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 several
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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