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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
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 quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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