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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
usually free
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 many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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