MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
free
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 numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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