MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
normally 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
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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