MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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