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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily 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 a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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