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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners 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
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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