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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online learning are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always 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
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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