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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly 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
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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