MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily 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 many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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