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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
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
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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