MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
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
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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