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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
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 several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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