MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly 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 many
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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