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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually free
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 a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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