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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly 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
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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