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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
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
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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