MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners 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 numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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