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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly 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 a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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