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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
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 quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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