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 Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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