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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily 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
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are considering
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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