MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always 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.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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