MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 many
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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