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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
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 variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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