MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
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 quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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