MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
almost always 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
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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