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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
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
issues that
e-learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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