MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
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 a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need 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 educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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