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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
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 quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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