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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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