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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
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 several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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