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.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners 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 a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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