MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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