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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
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 institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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