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.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
customarily 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 variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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