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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
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 quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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