MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students 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 numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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