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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
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
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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