MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
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 several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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