MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students 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.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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