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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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