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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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