MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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