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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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