MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly 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 many
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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