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.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses 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 quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
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