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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning are empowering
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
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
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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