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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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 quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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