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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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 quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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