MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
ventures.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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