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.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
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
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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