MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
elearning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students 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.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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