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.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
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
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
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