MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
usually 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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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