MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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 variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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