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
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
almost always 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 variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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