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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
customarily 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 quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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