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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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