MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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