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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students 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 numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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