MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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