MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students 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
learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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