MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
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 quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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