MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
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 organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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