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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
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 numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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