MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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