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.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning have enabled
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students 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 many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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