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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important 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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