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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online learning make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students 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
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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