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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
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 considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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