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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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