MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students 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 several
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vietnam to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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