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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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