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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners 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.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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