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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
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 quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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