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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
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 many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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