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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
mostly 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 several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eritrea to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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