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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically 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 a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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