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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
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
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Syria to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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