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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
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
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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