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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually 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 quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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