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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
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.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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