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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily 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 variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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