MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
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 several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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