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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC 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 several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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