MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
generally 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 many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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