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
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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