MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students 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 a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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