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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
e-learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOCs are
almost always 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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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