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
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
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 a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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