MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
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.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major 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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