MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning have enabled
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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