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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
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 quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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