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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
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