MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly 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 quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Comoros to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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