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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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