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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
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 variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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