MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally 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 a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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