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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
generally 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 quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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