MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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