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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly 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
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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