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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
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
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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