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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners 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 variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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