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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 several
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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