MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly 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
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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