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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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