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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOCs are
typically free
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
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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