MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
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
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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