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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily 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
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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