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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
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 numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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