MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students 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
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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