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.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students 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 several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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