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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
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 several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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