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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically 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 several
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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