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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily 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 lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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