MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 several
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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