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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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