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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
normally 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 numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Aland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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