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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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