MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
normally 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
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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