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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners 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 a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
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