MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
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 many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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