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.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive online courses are
customarily 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 quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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