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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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