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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
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 quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Thailand to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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