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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly 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 a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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