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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
electronic education technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
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
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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