MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC 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 a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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