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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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