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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
commonly 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
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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