MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
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 quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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