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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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