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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
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
e-learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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