MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners 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 many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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