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.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open courses are
generally 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 many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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