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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
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 several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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