MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students 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 many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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