MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
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 a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Sudan to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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