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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
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
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Romania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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