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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
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 many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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