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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs 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 several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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