MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
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.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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