MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily 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 a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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