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 is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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