MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily 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 a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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