MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
free
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 several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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