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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
normally 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 many
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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