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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
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 quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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