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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
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 a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burundi to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the 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 dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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