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
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
free
for learners 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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