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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
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
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Chad to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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