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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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