MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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