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.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
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
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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