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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes 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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