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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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