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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
customarily 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
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
People want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
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