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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
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 many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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