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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually 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 quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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