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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
usually 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 numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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