MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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