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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally 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 quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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