MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students 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 many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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