MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online education enable
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
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
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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