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.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
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
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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