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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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