MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
almost always 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 a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
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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