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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
free
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 a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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