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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students 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 several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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