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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always 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 institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iceland to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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