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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly 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
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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