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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners 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 numerous
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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