MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
customarily 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 a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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