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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
typically free
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
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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