MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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