MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
almost always 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 many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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