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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
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
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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