MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
generally 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 quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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