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
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally 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 several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Chad to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
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 intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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