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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners 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 a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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