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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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