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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners 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 a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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