MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
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.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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