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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
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 having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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