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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
almost always 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 numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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