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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
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 numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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