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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily 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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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