MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education are empowering
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners 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
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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