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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
commonly 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 a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major 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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