MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily 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
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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