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.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
electronic education technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
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 a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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