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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
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.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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