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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
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
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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