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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students 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 quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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