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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
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 numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important 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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