MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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 a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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