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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
free
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
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Austria to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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