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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners 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 several
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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