MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
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 several
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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