MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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 is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
These massive online courses are
normally 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.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Togo to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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