MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners 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 several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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