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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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