MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally 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 several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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