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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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 many
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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