MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners 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
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important 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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