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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning have empowered
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily 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
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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