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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
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
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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