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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 many
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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