MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
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 lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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