MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
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.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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