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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily 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 variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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