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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners 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 a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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