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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
usually 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 many
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Vietnam to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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