MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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 a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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