MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
online education make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
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 a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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