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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
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.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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