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
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
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 a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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