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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students 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
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
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