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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
e-learning are empowering
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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