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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically 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 several
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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