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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses 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.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines 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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