MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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