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 is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
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 a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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