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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
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
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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