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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly 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.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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