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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners 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
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Michigan State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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