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.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
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
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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