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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
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.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
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