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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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