MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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