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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students 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 many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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