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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
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 many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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