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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
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
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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