MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key 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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