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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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 several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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