MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
typically 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 quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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