MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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