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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
usually 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 many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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