MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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