MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online learning have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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