MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
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
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
electronic education technology enable
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
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
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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