MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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