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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally 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
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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