MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically 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 a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Iceland to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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