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.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners 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
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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