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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
typically 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 a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Macau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also researches 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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