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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
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
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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