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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
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 quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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