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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
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
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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