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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly 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 a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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