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.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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