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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly 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 many
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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