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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
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 quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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