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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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