MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
generally 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 many
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Romania to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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