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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
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 technology institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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