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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
for students 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 variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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