MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners 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
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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