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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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 variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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