MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
normally 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 a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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