MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
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 variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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