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.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
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 many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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