MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
typically free
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.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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