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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically 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.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Oman to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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