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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These massive open online courses are
free
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 education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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