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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students 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 several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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