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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses 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 several
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses 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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