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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 variety of
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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