MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students 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 a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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