MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily 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 technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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