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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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