MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
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 several
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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