MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally 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
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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