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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for learners 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 several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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