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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students 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
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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