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
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily 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.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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