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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly 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 many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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