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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily 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 quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important 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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