MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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