MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically 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 numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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