MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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 many
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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