MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
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 a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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