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.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners 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
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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