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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses 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
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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