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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students 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 many
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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