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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
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 variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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