MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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