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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
electronic education technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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