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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students 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
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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