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.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
online learning enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students 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 numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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