MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
normally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are considering
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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