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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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