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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
free
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
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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