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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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