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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
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.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Poland to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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