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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning enable
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly 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 many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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