MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open courses are
normally 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 a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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