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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
mostly 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 a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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