MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
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
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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