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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
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 several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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