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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners 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 many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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