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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
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.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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