MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
normally 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 a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Albania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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