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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners 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
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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