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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
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 many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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