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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students 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
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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