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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always 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 a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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