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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education make it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students 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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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