MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes 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.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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