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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly 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 a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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