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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
mostly 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 numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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