MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
free
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 quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are considering
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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