MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
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 organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Poland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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