MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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