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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly 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 lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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