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.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students 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 a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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