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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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