MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
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 variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are considering
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Martin to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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