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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
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
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
People want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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