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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
elearning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cameroon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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