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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly 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 many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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