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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
customarily 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 lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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