MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
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 numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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