MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually 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.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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