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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students 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 numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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