MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
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 several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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