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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
typically 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 a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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