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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically 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 lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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