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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
generally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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