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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly 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 several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norway to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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