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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online education are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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