MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses 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 a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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