MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online 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 many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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