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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally 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 many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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