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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
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
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Benin to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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