MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students 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
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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