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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners 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 quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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