MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly 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 a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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