MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
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 a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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