MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
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
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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