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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
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 a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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