MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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 a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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