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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
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.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students 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 numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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