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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
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 a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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