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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students 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 variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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