MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners 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
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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