MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students 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 variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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