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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
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 variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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