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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily 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
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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