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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily 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 many
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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