MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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