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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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