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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly 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
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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