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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally 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
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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