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.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually 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
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are considering
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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