MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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