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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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