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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally 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 a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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