MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students 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
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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