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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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