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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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