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 is a
book
which
researches
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
e-learning enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
generally 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 several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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