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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students 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.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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