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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
topics that
blended learning institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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