MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students 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 a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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