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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
e-learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
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 many
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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