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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
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 several
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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