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 is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
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 numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mali to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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