MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
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 a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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