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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
generally 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 numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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