MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually 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
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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