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
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
customarily 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 institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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