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.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
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