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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily 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 a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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