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
book
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally 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
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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