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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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