MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students 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
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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