MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students 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 several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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