MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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