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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always 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
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Haiti to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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