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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
learning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
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
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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