MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
blended learning are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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