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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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