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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are empowering
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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