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
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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