MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
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 numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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