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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners 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 several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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