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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly 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.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Italy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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