MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically 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 quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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