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
book
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly 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 quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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