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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always 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 a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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