MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners 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
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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