MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
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 numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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