MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally 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
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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