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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
free
for learners 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 several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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