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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
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 variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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