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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open courses are
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 a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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