MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students 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 several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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