MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually 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 several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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