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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly 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
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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