MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online education have empowered
people
all around 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.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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