MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners 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 numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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