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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
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 numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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