MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners 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 a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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