MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
almost always 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 many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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