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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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