MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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