MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
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
distance learning institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
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