MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
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 a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Oman to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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