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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally 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 several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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