MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
usually 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 numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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