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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners 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
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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