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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
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 quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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