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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
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
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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