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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students 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 quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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