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.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly 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 many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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