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
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly 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
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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