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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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 massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
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
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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