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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
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 many
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Italy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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