MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
distance learning have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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