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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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