MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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