MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally 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
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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