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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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 several
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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