MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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