MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically 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 quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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