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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online education have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually 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
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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