MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
e-learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
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 many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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