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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
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 many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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